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- thermoelectric effect is the voltage difference that exists between two points of a material when a temperature gradient is established between those points.
- Materials usually semiconductors or conductors which exhibit this phenomenon, are known as thermoelectrics or thermoelectric materials.
- Devices made from thermoelectric materials take advantage of the Seebeck effect to convert heat into electricity.
- the Seebeck effect is the physical basis for a thermocouple, which is often used in temperature measurement.
- the Seebeck coefficient can be defined as the ratio between the open circuit voltage and the temperature difference between two points on a conductor, when a temperature difference exists between those points.
- the Seebeck coefficient can take either positive or negative values depending upon whether the charge carriers are holes or electrons.
- the Seebeck coefficient is often referred to as the thermoelectric power or thermopower.
- thermoelectric materials should possess Seebeck coefficients with large absolute values, high electrical conductivity ( ⁇ , in units of ⁇ cm), and low thermal conductivity ( ⁇ , in units of W/cm K).
- ⁇ in units of ⁇ cm
- ⁇ in units of W/cm K
- thermoelectric figure-of-merit Z, in units of K ⁇ 1
- Z ⁇ i ⁇ ⁇ .
- a useful dimensionless figure-of-merit is defined as ZT, where T is temperature (in K), and
- thermoelectric material Metals and metal alloys received much interest in the early development of thermoelectric applications, but these materials have a high thermal conductivity. Furthermore, the Seebeck coefficient of most metals is on the order of 10 ⁇ V/K, or less. Semiconductors were found with Seebeck coefficients greater than 100 ⁇ V/K. Generally, semiconductors also possess high electrical conductivity and low thermal conductivity, which further increases Z, and thus increases the efficiency of the thermoelectric material.
- bismuth telluride (Bi 2 Te 3 ) and lead telluride (PbTe) are two commonly used semiconductor thermoelectric materials with optimized Seebeck coefficients greater than 200 ⁇ V/K.
- Optimizing the Seebeck coefficient of a material generally involves synthetic methods by which the stoichiometry of the starting material is slightly altered with a dopant material. Often, this leads to a material with an entirely different composition. In addition, there is no easy way to predict the Seebeck coefficient of a specific material composition.
- a method of increasing the Seebeck coefficient of a semiconductor includes exposing a semiconductor to elevated pressure and elevated temperature for a time sufficient to increase the Seebeck coefficient of the semiconductor when measured at the pressure of use, and recovering the semiconductor.
- the elevated pressure may range from about 1 GPa to 20 GPa and the elevated temperature may range from about the sintering temperature to about 500° C. above the melting point of the semiconductor at process pressures, for example, about 500° C. to about 2500° C. In still other embodiments, the pressure may range from about 2 GPa to about 10 GPa. In still other embodiments, the pressure may range from about 4 GPa to about 8 GPa, and preferably about 5 GPa.
- the temperature may range from about the sintering temperature to about 500° C. above the melting point of the semiconductor at process pressures. In other embodiments, the temperature may range from about 900° C. to about the melting point of the semiconductor at the process pressures. Alternatively, the temperature may range from a sintering temperature to about the melting point of the semiconductor at process pressures.
- a semiconductor is a solid material having an electrical conductivity that is between that of a conductor and an insulator, and through which conduction usually takes place by means of holes and electrons.
- the properties of a semiconductor typically vary with temperature so that their conductivity rises as temperature decreases.
- the semiconductor may be selenides, antimonides, tellurides, sulfides, germanium compounds, and mixtures thereof. Dopants may be added and may include, for example, Br, Cl, I, Ga, In, Na, K, Ag, or other intentional impurities to change the electrical or thermal conductivity of the base material.
- the semiconductor may be lead selenide, lead sulfide, lead telluride, tin sulfide, tin telluride, and mixtures thereof.
- the semiconductor is lead telluride.
- a time sufficient to increase the Seebeck coefficient of a semiconductor may range from about 30 seconds to about 24 hours. In yet another embodiment, the time may be from about 5 minutes to about 30 minutes. In still another embodiment, the time may be about 5 minutes to about 15 minutes.
- the semiconductor may include a semiconductor starting powder, where the semiconductor starting powder has an average grain size of about 50 ⁇ m to about 4000 ⁇ m.
- the semiconductor may be a polycrystalline mass or one or more discrete single crystals.
- Another exemplary method may include increasing the Seebeck coefficient of lead telluride.
- the method may include exposing the lead telluride to a pressure ranging from about 4 GPa to about 8 GPa and a temperature from about 600° C. to about 1300° C. for a time sufficient to increase the Seebeck coefficient of the lead telluride when measured at the pressure of use, and recovering the lead telluride.
- a time sufficient to increase the Seebeck coefficient of lead telluride may be about 5 minutes to about 24 hours.
- Another embodiment may include a high pressure, high temperature (“HPHT”)-treated high purity semiconductor material having a Seebeck coefficient that is higher than a semiconductor material of the same composition that is not HPHT-treated.
- the semiconductor material with a Seebeck coefficient that is higher than a semiconductor material of the same composition that is not HPHT-treated may be selenides, antimonides, tellurides, sulfides, germanium compounds, and mixtures thereof.
- the material may be lead selenide, lead sulfide, lead telluride, tin sulfide, tin telluride, and mixtures thereof.
- the semiconductor material may be lead telluride.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an exemplary HPHT apparatus which may be utilized to increase the Seebeck coefficient in a semiconductor.
- FIG. 2 is a graph of Seebeck coefficient versus temperature for untreated and HPHT treated lead telluride.
- HPHT high pressure, high temperature
- a conventional high pressure, high temperature (“HPHT”) apparatus which may be of the belt- or die-type described, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,947,611; 2,941,241; 2,941,248; 3,609,818; 3,767,371; 4,289,503; 4,673,414; and 4,954,139; each of which is incorporated herein in its entirety.
- HPHT apparatus which is capable of providing the required high pressure and high temperature conditions simultaneously. Accordingly, it is intended that such other HPHT devices are within the scope of the invention herein described.
- an illustrative HPHT apparatus is shown generally at 10 to include a generally cylindrical reaction cell assembly 12 interposed between a pair of punches, 14 a and 14 b , and surrounded by a generally annular belt or die member 16 .
- both punches 14 and belt member 16 are formed of a relatively hard material, such as cemented tungsten carbide.
- insulating assemblies 18 a and 18 b are a pair of insulating assemblies, 18 a and 18 b , each of which is formed of a pair of thermally and electrically insulating members, 20 a - b and 22 a - b , in some, embodiments formed of pyrophyllite or the like, and having an intermediate metallic or other gasket, 24 a and 24 b , disposed there between.
- reaction cell assembly 12 includes a hollow cylinder 26 which may be formed of a material, such as salt or the like, which is converted during HPHT by phase transformation or compaction to a stronger, stiffer state or, alternatively, of a talc material or the like, which is not so converted.
- the material of cylinder 26 is selected as being substantially free of volume discontinuities or the like, under HPHT as may occur, for example, with pyrophyllite or alumina materials. Materials meeting such criteria are described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,030,662, which is incorporated herein in its entirety.
- each of which is provided as a graphite electrical resistance heater tube 28 .
- Electrical connection with heater tube 28 is achieved via an adjacent pair of conductive metal end discs, 30 a and 30 b , which are axially-disposed with respect to heater tube 28 .
- Adjacent each disc 30 is provided an end cap assembly, shown generally at 32 a and 32 b , each of which includes an insulating plug, 34 a and 34 b , surrounded by an electrically conductive ring, 36 a and 36 b.
- heater 28 defines a generally-cylindrical inner chamber, shown at 38 , having defined axial and radial extents and containing a pressure-transmitting medium 46 .
- Pressure-transmitting medium 46 is selected as having a relatively low coefficient of internal friction to make it semi-fluid at HPHT conditions, and it may be provided as or within a cylindrical salt liner 42 , which defines radial pressure-transmitting medium layers 43 a and 43 b and is fitted with an axial pair of salt plugs, 44 a and 44 b , each of which defines an axial pressure transmitting medium layer.
- pressure-transmitting medium 46 , salt liner 42 and/or plugs 44 may be formed of a graphite material or of sodium chloride, but they also may be formed of any chloride, iodide, or bromide of sodium, potassium, or calcium or a mixture thereof.
- pressure-transmitting medium 46 may be provided in powdered or particulate form. In either case, medium 46 defines a cavity space which is configured to receive the semiconductor material for HPHT processing with conditions sufficient to increase the Seebeck coefficient after recovery from the HPHT processing.
- a method for increasing the Seebeck coefficient of a semiconductor includes creating a reaction cell with a semiconductor which is exposed to elevated pressure and elevated temperature for a time sufficient to increase the Seebeck coefficient of the semiconductor. The semiconductor with increased Seebeck coefficient is then recovered from the reaction cell.
- the semiconductor 51 is shaped into a pellet before it is placed in a reaction cell.
- the pressure ranges from about 1 GPa to 20 GPa and the temperature ranges from about the sintering temperature to about 500° C. above the melting point of the semiconductor at process pressures. In another embodiment, the pressure ranges from about 2 GPa to about 10 GPa. In yet another embodiment, the pressure ranges from about 4 GPa to about 8 GPa. In still another embodiment, the pressure is about 5 GPa.
- the temperature ranges of an embodiment may be from about the temperature at which the semiconductor material sinters together to about the melting point of the semiconductor at process pressures, or alternatively, from the sintering temperature to about 500° C. above the melting point of the semiconductor at process pressures. This may be about 600° C. to about 1300° C. In still another embodiment, the temperature ranges from about 700° C. to about 900° C. Alternatively, the temperature ranges from about 900° C. to about the melting point of the semiconductor at the process pressures. In some embodiments, a preferred temperature range may be +/ ⁇ 400° C. from the melting point of the semiconductor under elevated pressure.
- the semiconductor material may include lead selenide, lead sulfide, lead telluride (PbTe), tin sulfide, tin telluride, lead tin telluride, thallium tin telluride, thallium germanium telluride, and/or mixtures thereof.
- PbTe lead telluride
- Any neat, pure, or doped semiconductor material or compound, including mixtures thereof, which results in increased Seebeck coefficient when subjected to the HPHT treatments or HPHT sintering conditions described and claimed herein, are within the scope of the instant claims.
- dopants may be added and may include, for example, Br, Cl, I, Ga, In, Na, K, Ag, or other intentional impurities to change the electrical or thermal conductivity of the base material.
- the embodiments described herein relating to PbTe consider improving the Seebeck coefficient of already-created PbTe after HPHT conditions that may have created it have been removed, and not continued processing of elemental Pb and Te.
- the PbTe that is to be improved may be made by non-HPHT methods or HPHT methods.
- Exemplary methods of synthesizing PbTe for use in the embodiments described herein include mixing or combining elemental Pb and elemental Te in a processing device, and heating the mixture to approximately 900° C. to about 1000° C. under non-elevated pressure (i.e., a pressure that does not substantially vary from atmospheric pressure as compared to the HPHT conditions described above), so that the mixture melts and reacts to form PbTe.
- non-elevated pressure i.e., a pressure that does not substantially vary from atmospheric pressure as compared to the HPHT conditions described above
- Other methods of forming PbTe are possible.
- the formed PbTe may then be cooled and subsequently
- a semiconductor material is exposed to HPHT treatments described herein for about 30 seconds or longer, up to about 24 hours.
- the semiconductor material may be exposed to HPHT treatments for about 30 seconds to about 15 minutes.
- the semiconductor material may be exposed to HPHT treatments for about 5 minutes to about 30 minutes, preferably 1.5 minutes.
- a method for increasing the Seebeck coefficient of the semiconductor lead telluride includes creating a reaction cell with the lead telluride, exposing the reaction cell to a pressure ranging from about 4 GPa to about 6 GPa and a temperature from about 700° C. to about 900° C. for a time sufficient to increase the Seebeck coefficient of the lead telluride, and recovering the lead telluride with the increased Seebeck coefficient.
- the lead telluride is exposed to the HPHT treatment conditions for 30 seconds or longer. In another embodiment, the lead telluride is exposed to the HPHT treatment conditions for about 5 minutes to about 15 minutes.
- HPHT-treated high purity semiconductor material that has a Seebeck coefficient that is higher than that of a semiconductor material of the same composition that is not HPHT-treated.
- high purity material is greater than or equal to 99.9% (w/w) pure.
- high purity material is greater than or equal to 99.99% (w/w) pure.
- high purity material is greater than or equal to 99.999% (w/w) pure.
- the starting semiconductor may be a powder, a polycrystalline mass, one or more discrete single crystals, or any combination thereof. The average grain size of the semiconductor starting powder ranges from about 50 ⁇ m to about 4000 ⁇ m.
- the high purity semiconductor may include one or more selenides, antimonides, tellurides, sulfides, germanium compounds, and/or mixtures thereof.
- the high purity semiconductor material may be lead selenide, lead sulfide, lead telluride, bismuth telluride, tin sulfide, tin telluride, lead tin telluride, thallium tin telluride, thallium or germanium telluride, and/or mixtures thereof.
- the Seebeck coefficient of a high purity semiconductor material may be increased by HPHT-treatment at a pressure ranging from about 1 GPa to about 20 GPa and the temperature from about 500° C. to about 2500° C. for about 5 minutes to about 30 minutes. In another embodiment, the treatment time is about 5 minutes to about 15 minutes.
- the Seebeck coefficient of a high purity semiconductor material may be increased by HPHT-treatment at a pressure ranging from about 4 GPa to about 8 GPa and a temperature from about 600° C. to about 1300° C. for about 5 minutes to about 15 minutes.
- PbTe Lead telluride
- Table 1 describes the HPHT treatments applied to the PbTe pills.
- the average grain size of the semiconductor starting powder from which the pills were pressed is given in the last column.
- the average particle size of the semiconductor starting powder ranges from about 2 mm to about 4 mm.
- the average particle size of the semiconductor starting powder was less than about 0.1 mm.
- the average particle size was between about 0.1 mm and 4 mm.
- the average particle size may be greater than 4 mm.
- the as received material was cut from a single chunk of PbTe.
- FIG. 2 depicts the Seebeck coefficient measurements of PbTe samples before (as received) and after HPHT treatment in accordance with Example 1.
- FIG. 2 illustrates the change in Seebeck coefficient as a result of HPHT treatment. It can be seen that certain parameter changes during HPHT treatment result in a Seebeck coefficient change which persists after exposure to HPHT processes.
- the as-received sample has a Seebeck coefficient of about ⁇ 232 ⁇ V/K at 300 K, while sample B shows a Seebeck coefficient value of about 357 ⁇ V/K at 300 K. It is noted that the conditions of HPHT treatment for samples A and C were not adequate to significantly increase the Seebeck coefficient.
- Samples of lead telluride were synthesized from high purity lead and tellurium at atmospheric pressure, and then subjected to HPHT conditions. Pressures ranged from about 5 to about 7.5 GPa. The temperatures were either 1050° C. or 1200° C. A treatment time of 10 minutes was used for all samples, and the starting powder had an average particle size of about 0.05 mm to about 0.1 mm. Results for the Seebeck coefficient measured at 300 K are shown in Table 2.
- Comparison of samples H and I demonstrates that increasing the temperature results in a higher increase of the Seebeck coefficient
- the temperature may be increased to just below the melting point of PbTe at an elevated pressure.
- the melting point of lead telluride is about 917° C. at atmospheric pressure.
- the HPHT treatment may be conducted in the range of about 600° C. to about 1300° C. depending upon the pressure used in the treatment since the melting point is increased at higher pressures.
- Comparison of samples G and H indicate that lower pressures may be beneficial in increasing the Seebeck coefficient.
- Comparison of samples F and I indicate that there may be an upper pressure limit where an increase in the Seebeck coefficient is not observed.
- thermoelectric materials different treatment conditions, microstructural modifications, and measurements at different temperatures may show greater improvement in the Seebeck coefficient.
- Other thermoelectric materials, other materials properties, other microstructures, and other HPHT processing conditions are all included in the scope of the embodiments and claims herein.
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A useful dimensionless figure-of-merit is defined as ZT, where T is temperature (in K), and
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Experimental variables for HPHT-treated PbTe samples |
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Sample | (GPa) | (° C.) | (min) | (mm) | 300 K (μV/K) |
As received | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | −232 |
A | 6.5 | 900 | 5 | 2.0-4.0 | −235 |
B | 6.5 | 1050 | 15 | 2.0-4.0 | −357 |
C | 6.5 | 1050 | 5 | 2.0-4.0 | −225 |
D | 6.5 | 900 | 15 | <0.1 | −309 |
E | 6.5 | 900 | 5 | <0.1 | −340 |
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Effect of increased pressure on the increase of the Seebeck coefficient |
Pressure | Temperature | Time | Grain Size | Seebeck @ | |
Sample | (GPa) | (° C.) | (min) | (mm) | 300 K (μV/K) |
Synthesized | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.5 | −140 |
F | 7.5 | 1200 | 10 | 0.05-0.10 | −108 |
G | 5.0 | 1050 | 10 | 0.05-0.10 | −272 |
H | 6.5 | 1050 | 10 | 0.05-0.10 | −218 |
I | 6.5 | 1200 | 10 | 0.05-0.10 | −255 |
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